“The Gates Were Doing Something To Him Already, Because As He Raised His Hand To Wave Back At His Parents, Mitchell Felt Ten Years Old Again, Tearing Up, Choked With Feeling For These Two Human Beings Who, Like Figures From Myth, Had Possessed The Ability Throughout His Life To Blend Into The Background, To Turn To Stone Or Wood, Only To Come Alive Again, At Key Moments Like This, To Witness His Hero's Journey. Lillian” — Jeffrey Eugenides —